You may already be familiar with the beauty and uniqueness of Spanish cities; you may be completely clueless. Let me tell you: it doesn’t matter. Whenever you visit Barcelona, it will always leave you breathless, whether it’s your first visit or your hundredth.

I don’t know about you, but planning out a trip gets me ridiculously excited. And I mean big time. After booking my transport and/or accommodation, I can barely fall asleep! I just love that feeling. Knowing there is an adventure waiting for me and that I’ll get to see another corner of big beautiful Earth just makes me insanely happy.

That’s how I felt when I booked my Belgrade trip. I have never been to Serbia before that, and I kept hearing stories from my friends about the beauty of Belgrade. I planned the trip with my friend and we decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve there.

It has now been over 4 years since I’ve started running. Anyone who has met me, knows I could talk about running for hours. All the beautiful and painful and encouraging things about it. The way runners are amazing. All the fantastic people I have met thanks to running. And, well… All the places running has taken me, giving me a lifetime of running travel stories!

Some of these places I’ve visited mostly for the purpose of running – meaning, if there wasn’t a running plan there, I may have ended up somewhere else (now we’ll never know, right?). Other places are mostly places where I’ve lived at some point. Not that it matters, really.

There is a place on this planet that I would go to all the time if I could. A place where I discovered strengths I never knew I had and a place where I have, for the first time ever, felt how small we all are compared to this world and its wonders. This place is every single inch of mountains of Montenegro.

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Southeast Asia, as a region, is famous for its rich history, diverse culture, and unparalleled heritage. It has been attracting backpacking enthusiasts for decades now. Be it the modern marvels in Thailand, or the rugged trails of Vietnam, every country has a variety of experiences to offer. The culture of this region is heavily intertwined with its religious history. Some of the best architectural wonders here are its places of worship like temples, monasteries, pagodas and mosques.

When I have first moved to Dublin over a year ago, I had no idea I’ll stay any longer than 6 months, or that I will love it this much, or that I will ever even want to stay any longer than planned.

I also wasn’t aware of how amazingly beautiful Dublin is in December, being it my first full month in Dublin last year. I do miss snow at Christmas, but the city is literally incredible. All the lights, Christmas trees, shop windows, decorations, causes, events, people, laughter… It’s unbelievable!

There is one trip I’ve taken that I haven’t quite written about. While my significant other was interning in California’s Palo Alto a while ago, I seized the opportunity to visit him and have one more continent on the list. Road trip in USA, or in the western part of it – to be more precise – seemed like an ideal way to see a decent chunk of this huge land.

Today marks a year since I’ve moved to the beautiful city of Dublin. I have fallen in love with Ireland ever since, and even though the original plan was to stay for six months only and “moving to Ireland” wasn’t really a plan for any longer term, that plan has changed quite a bit… Obviously.

People have all sorts of bucket lists, and for the past few years, mine tend to have at least a few long-distance racing events, but an injury has kind of stopped me along the way.

However, I did get to do some crazy running stuff already – including a half-marathon in Switzerland in the middle of the night, and a 100 kilometer run as a part of 12-hour ultramarathon. However, I’m still far from seeing Machu Picchu during a marathon, but hey – that’s why we all have bucket lists in the first place, right? Here’s the one that has “Top Marathons 2016” written on top!